2023-10-24 08:06:00
According to an analysis, children infected with the Omicron corona variant are still contagious for around 3 days on average following the positive test. On the fifth day, the majority are no longer infectious, write US researchers in the journal “JAMA Pediatrics”.
The current US study also showed that almost a fifth of the children recorded were still infectious on the fifth day, and almost 4 percent even on the 10th day. The duration was independent of the child’s vaccination status. Finding the right amount for the quarantine is important: it is important to protect the other children in the group, but at the same time not to make the time out unnecessarily long for the child concerned – because of the loss of lessons, but also because of the possible psychological consequences Burden.
The team led by Neeraj Sood from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics in Los Angeles and Stanford University examined nasal swabs over 10 days from 76 children and adolescents between the ages of 7 and 18 who tested positive for Corona. The samples were examined for infectivity in the laboratory. All participants were infected with omicron. Previous studies have shown that adults infected with it remain infectious for a little longer, on average 5 days.
How long to stay at home?
In Austria, as in other countries, mainly omicron sublines such as EG.5 and XBB.1.16 are currently circulating.
Doctors recommend:
- leaving a child at home as long as he or she feels sick,
- Fever
- or has diarrhea
- or vomits.
- After 24 hours without symptoms, you can go back to kindergarten or school.
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